Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AWS BVAu-4
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS BVAu-4 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 3.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 8.7 |